Cubs manager David Ross launches into expletive-laden rant at home plate umpire

Chicago Cubs manager David Ross was ejected from his team’s victory against the New York Yankees on Sunday after he slammed home plate umpire Alex MacKay with a few swear words, following a pitching call and prior to the start of the All-Star game. break.

Ross – a two-time World Series champion in his fourth season as Cubs manager – was thrown out in the bottom of the first inning when he apparently disagreed with a call against Chicago’s starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks.

The 46-year-old, who has been in charge of the Cubs since 2020, stormed out of the dugout and onto the field at Yankees Stadium to give his take on MacKay’s performance, which was picked up by Yankees broadcasters.

“You have to do better,” microphones shrieked from Ross’ explicit tirade at MacKay as he nearly bumped into the umpire. “You have one damn game before you get a break and you’re already so damn bad?”

Ross’ tirade did not end there, as he appeared to have uttered another expletive at McKay before leaving the field, though the swearing was not picked up when the Yankees’ broadcast crew spoke into the field mike.

Ross almost bumped into McKay after the umpire’s pitching call to Kyle Hendricks

Sunday’s game marked Ross’s fourth ejection this season and was the 14th of the former catcher’s managerial career with the Cubs. He’s just one firing form to match Yankees manager Aaron Boone’s five lockouts in the first half of the current MLB season.

“I think he didn’t like me yelling anymore,” Ross said of his post-match ban.

Six innings after their manager’s coin toss, Cubs catcher Yan Gomes hit a tying pinch-hit two-run single in the seventh on a fielding error by second baseman Gleyber Torres and Seiya Suzuki hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth to give Chicago a 7–4 lead. victory over New York.

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Mike Tauchman led off the eighth with a single off Ron Marinaccio (4-4) before Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ walked.

Suzuki, who hit a home run in the fifth inning for the Cubs’ lone hit off Domingo Germán, followed with a sacrifice fly off of Clay Holmes as the Yankees deployed a five-man infield and Tauchman scored easily when right fielder Giancarlo Stanton’s throw slightly higher used to be. the line.

“I just wanted to get that run in from third and as you can see there were five infielders,” Suzuki said through a translator. So the best I could do was hit that sacrifice fly. I was glad I could do that.’

Ross was ejected for the fourth time this season, nearly tying Aaron Boone’s five pitches

Seiya Suzuki hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 8th to give the Cubs a 7–4 victory over the Yankees

Hoerner scored the sixth run when Holmes threw a wild pitch over catcher Kyle Higashioka’s glove to the backstop and Tucker Barnhart added an RBI double in the ninth.

“That’s a really nice team win, something I think we needed going into halftime,” Ross said after his team’s second win in a three-game series against the Yankees.

“These guys fought really hard. The way we’ve come back here lately is really impressive.’

After the game, New York fired hitting coach Dillon Lawson. The Yankees offense has been struggling since star player Aaron Judge was injured on June 3. The Yankees fell to 14-17 since losing Judge to a torn ligament in his right big toe.

The Cubs (42-47) won for the fifth time in 14 games since coming within a game of .500 after a 9-1 victory over St. Louis on June 24 in London.

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